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The Man Show

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The Man Show is an American sketch comedy television show on Comedy Central that aired from 1999 to 2004. It was created by its two original co-hosts, Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison. The pilot was originally paid for and pitched to ABC, which declined to pick up the show. The Man Show simultaneously celebrated and lampooned the stereotypical loutish male perspective in a sexually charged, humorous light. The show consisted of a variety of recorded comedy sketches and live in-studio events, usually requiring audience participation. The Man Show was a career breakthrough for Kimmel. The Man Show is particularly well known for its buxom female models, the Juggy Dance Squad, who would dance in themed, revealing costumes at the opening of every show, in the aisles of the audience just before The Man Show went to commercial break, and during the end segment "Girls on Trampolines". The first year of The Man Show featured beer-guzzling entertainer Bill "the Fox" Foster as the show's emcee. Foster specialized in chugging two beers in record time (sometimes while suspended upside down) and singing lewd drinking songs. He closed every episode by leading the audience in the German drinking toast Zicke, Zacke, Zicke, Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!, a tradition that the show continued after his death from prostate cancer in 2000.

Infobox

Genre
mw- Sketch comedy Satire
Created by
Adam Carolla Jimmy Kimmel Daniel Kellison
Directed by
Dennis Rosenblatt
Starring
Adam Carolla Jimmy Kimmel Joe Rogan Doug Stanhope Bill Foster Aaron Hamill
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
6
No. of episodes
117 (list of episodes)
Executive producers
Jennifer Heftler, Lisa Page, Daniel Kellison
Running time
22 minutes
Production companies
Jackhole Industries (seasons 1-5) Stone Stanley Entertainment
Network
Comedy Central
Release
June 15, 1999 (1999-06-15) –June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19)

Tables

First released
First released
Season
First released
Episodes
Last released
1
1
Season
1
Episodes
22
Episodes
June 16, 1999 (1999-06-16)
Originally released
January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)
2
2
Season
2
Episodes
26
Episodes
June 18, 2000 (2000-06-18)
Originally released
March 25, 2001 (2001-03-25)
3
3
Season
3
Episodes
26
Episodes
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)
Originally released
March 3, 2002 (2002-03-03)
4
4
Season
4
Episodes
21
Episodes
August 11, 2002 (2002-08-11)
Originally released
May 11, 2003 (2003-05-11)
5
5
Season
5
Episodes
11
Episodes
August 17, 2003 (2003-08-17)
Originally released
November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
6
6
Season
6
Episodes
11
Episodes
May 2, 2004 (2004-05-02)
Originally released
June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19)
Season
Episodes
Originally released
First released
Last released
1
22
June 16, 1999 (1999-06-16)
January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)
2
26
June 18, 2000 (2000-06-18)
March 25, 2001 (2001-03-25)
3
26
July 1, 2001 (2001-07-01)
March 3, 2002 (2002-03-03)
4
21
August 11, 2002 (2002-08-11)
May 11, 2003 (2003-05-11)
5
11
August 17, 2003 (2003-08-17)
November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
6
11
May 2, 2004 (2004-05-02)
June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19)
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